Tag: Johnson County
Johnson County libraries to provide feminine hygiene products in men’s restrooms
Yes, the headline is correct; Johnson County libraries will soon provide tampons and other feminine hygiene products in the men’s…
Johnson County policy raises 1st Amendment issues
Last week the Johnson County Commission adopted a new policy that raises serious 1st Amendment issues. It was added as…
Education officials top the 2022 KPERS ‘millionaires’ list
Data provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System shows Kansas has 3,778 KPERS ‘millionaires’ – state and local government…
Prairie Village, other JoCo residents reject expensive taxpayer-funded community center
Prairie Village Mayor Eric Mikkelson and most City Council members are promoting a new taxpayer-funded community center that would replace…
IRS migration data: taxpayers flee high-tax jurisdictions like Johnson County
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) migration data from 2021, the most recent year available,…
Texts appear to show collusion between Johnson County official, Gault Center staff to prevent transparency
A series of text messages buried at the bottom of a 618 page document dump appear to show direct collusion…
Johnson County residents are looking at another big property tax hike
Johnson County is setting taxpayers up for another big property tax increase in 2024, based on the presentation that county…
Change in median sales price distorts Johnson County valuations
Johnson County recently announced a 12% increase in residential property values for 2023, which officials say is justified because the…
Big pay increases for JoCo employees mean tax hikes for residents
While the “pronoun pins” the Johnson County government recently purchased are a fairly minor cost to the taxpayers, the big…
Johnson County spends $4,648 on pronoun lapel pins
Johnson County officials are spending $4,648 on lapel pins and stickers for employees to declare their pronouns, according to emails…
Special education formula doesn’t count all the funding
School funding advocates met at the Capitol in Topeka recently to make the case that special education in Kansas is…
JoCo poll workers warned about potential Konnech identity theft
Election workers for Johnson County from June 2016 to October 2022 are being cautioned to monitor their personal information amid…
Kansas lost $295 million AGI from people leaving in 2020; even Johnson County lost
Domestic migration data from the IRS shows Kansas lost $295 million in adjusted gross income (AGI) in 2020 because more…
Hayden not seeking to interfere with elections, simply secure them
Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden has been facing intense criticism for an ongoing probe into possible integrity issues in his…
Big property tax hikes proposed by most officials in Johnson County
As if past property tax increases that far exceed the change in inflation and population aren’t bad enough, most elected…
Is Ethics Advisory Board ruling on solar project politically motivated?
Some people in Johnson County believe a recusal order by the Ethics Advisory Board is selectively applying ethics guidelines to…
Johnson County officials effectively propose big rent hikes
County Commissioner Becky Fast is on record saying affordable housing options are a top concern for her constituents, but odds…
City of Shawnee votes to make housing more expensive
While the Legislature and Governor Laura Kelly were working in a bipartisan fashion to address issues with affordable rural housing,…
JoCo officials setting residents up for a big property tax hike
Johnson County officials appear to be setting their residents up for a major property tax hike this year. Most residential…
Symposium to discuss COVID-19 early treatment
Several nationally-known physicians will soon speak at a symposium being sponsored by Kansas Senator Dr. Mark Steffen and Kansans for…
Blue Valley, Olathe: open enrollment brings undesirable students
School officials’ rejection of an open enrollment bill in the Kansas legislature offers a rare glimpse of an elitist attitude…
County Chair Ed Eilert mum on upwards of $1 million missing
Fox4 reports that as much as $1 million is missing from the Johnson County Courthouse, and County Chairman Ed Eilert…
COVID restrictions: medical, educational, or political decisions?
Before any new action is taken on COVID restrictions, citizens deserve a straight answer from officials to this question: What…
USD 231 superintendent Pam Stranathan gets $425k gift from taxpayers
Student achievement steadily declined in Gardner-Edgerton under Superintendent Pam Stranathan. The district consciously misled legislators, Stranathan asked county commissioners to…